20 Pounds in 7 weeks

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tpotey
tpotey Posts: 127 Member
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Just a little bit about myself. I’ve been overweight pretty much my whole life. I first tried to lose weight about 10 years ago, right after I had my youngest daughter. So it has been 10 years of yo-yo dieting (WW, Atkins, Fat smash, Alli) you name it I’ve tried it. Last year I started a program with my best friend and lost 38 pounds…….unfortunately I gained back 28 pounds. My favorite line was “I’ll start over again on Monday”. I really started getting serious about my weight around the beginning of June. After speaking with my doctor and being told that the only way I would be able to get off of my blood pressure medicine was to have weight loss surgery. Not only did that make me mad but it inspired me to do it on my own. So these past 7 weeks I completely changed the way I ate. No more Dunkin Donuts every morning for breakfast no fad diets, gimmicks, or pills. I eat about 1500-1600 calories a day, workout 5-6 times a week, and I weigh myself every other week. In the past I was obsessed with the scale. I’m so glad that I accidently downloaded the MFP app.I still have a long way to go so feel free to add me so that we can fight this battle together :wink:

IMG_20120606_1454582-1.jpg June 7, 2012
IMG_20120627_0746032.jpg June 27, 2012

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Please excuse my socks in the last picture :laugh:
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  • Angiehankins77
    Angiehankins77 Posts: 84
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    Wow u had a great AHA! Momement and you look wonderful :)
  • TheEmi
    TheEmi Posts: 40 Member
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    You are doing a great job!
  • geonbaeLeilee
    geonbaeLeilee Posts: 606 Member
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    You look great!!!


    And are those Little Missmatched socks?
  • tammyj83
    tammyj83 Posts: 159 Member
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    Great progress! Congrats!
  • CowgirlKimi
    CowgirlKimi Posts: 107 Member
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    YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • goblue443
    goblue443 Posts: 50
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    Wow! You are a beautiful lady! Great job and keep up the hard work and dedication!
  • pinkgigi
    pinkgigi Posts: 693 Member
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    you are gorgeous, and a great start, keep it up!!!

    GG
  • lrcross
    lrcross Posts: 42
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    Congrats to you...continued success!
  • dante20
    dante20 Posts: 7 Member
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    girl, I know how you feel. my diet always started on the first of the month but sadly it always ended by the end of the week. good luck!
  • SusieQ103
    SusieQ103 Posts: 27
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    Awesome!!!! Keep up the great work on you!
  • Money2005
    Money2005 Posts: 51 Member
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    That is very good!! Keep up the good work!!
  • karina530
    karina530 Posts: 41 Member
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    Great job!!!
  • Inspired2run
    Inspired2run Posts: 74 Member
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    Congratulations! You're doing wonderful!
  • marcenepea
    marcenepea Posts: 364 Member
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    Awesome Job! I have been doing the same thing, and just started using MFP again today. We can do this.
  • brocflores
    brocflores Posts: 111
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    Keep up the good work girl! You look great I can def see a difference and btw I love the socks :D
  • Reinventing_Me
    Reinventing_Me Posts: 1,053 Member
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    WOW! You look fantastic! Keep up the great work!
  • RunMyOregonBunsOff
    RunMyOregonBunsOff Posts: 862 Member
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    Way to kick things off! I know that you will have your doctor earing his/her words in no time! You can do this!
  • tpotey
    tpotey Posts: 127 Member
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    Thank you all so much :-)
  • tpotey
    tpotey Posts: 127 Member
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    And are those Little Missmatched socks?

    My socks never match :laugh: It drives my husband crazy.
  • Fit_2013
    Fit_2013 Posts: 336 Member
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    You are truly an inspiration.

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